DRAFT DOCUMENT

This is a draft document supplied by the WCAG Techniques Task Force. It in no way represents a
WCAG Working Group consensus or agreement and is provided for informational and discussion purposes only.
The accessibility test listed below should not be construed as required for conformance with the
proposed WCAG2.

HTML Test Suite for WCAG 2.0Test 100 - blockquote must not be used for indentation.

Status Of This Test

WCAG2 Guideline

This test is not required for conformance to the current WCAG2. It is provided for discussion
and informational purposes only.

Techniques

There are no techniques related to this test.

Prerequisite Tests

There are no prerequisite tests for this test.

Test Process

Procedure

Check each blockquote element in the content.

Check if the text enclosed by the blockquote element is really a quote.

Expected Results

All text contained by the blockquote element is a quote.

The blockquote element should not be used to simply indent text.

Fail Instructions

Remove the blockquote element and replace it with other formatting elements or CSS.

Pass Instructions

Any accessibility check may be performed after this test.

Test Files

These test files contain examples of the accessibility problem detectable by this test.
They may also contain more accessibility problems than the one described in this test.
Please ignore any extraneous accessibility problems in these files.

100-1.html Will fail the test. (blockquote does not have cite attribute.)

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"><html lang="en"><head><title>OAC Testfile - Check #100 - Positive</title></head><body><blockquote>If I have any sins to confess, I will tell them to my priest.</blockquote>.</body></html>